Telephone handset support



y 1951 M. B. szdKE 2,554,967

TELEPHONE HANDSE'I SUPPORT Filed July 13, 1948 INVENTOR:

ATTORNEY Patented May 29, 1951 UNITED STATES TELEPHONE HANDSET SUPPORT Michel Barna Sziike, Buenos Aires, Argentina Application July 13, 1948, Serial No. 38,412 In France July 15, 1947 1 Claim.

This invention relates to telephone hand-set support of the type that comprises a handle to the ends of which are secured, respectively, the receiving and the transmitting shells. Its purpose is to provide means that permit the adjustment of the tube between the ear and the shoulder of the person making use of the telephone, leavingf both hands free, and allowing thus to take notes, or to make use of the hands for any other purpose.

The problem arising from the necessity of being able to make use of both hands While carrying on altelephone conversation has been solved in diiferent manners. For professional operators special vtypes of receivers-transmitters have been developed, in which the ear-piece is mounted in a device fastened on the head of the operator, and the transmitter is mounted on elements connectin'g i it to said device or to others resting on the neck or back of the operator.

But the problem has not yet been satisfactorily solved as regards the hand-sets of the type mentioned in the first paragraph of this specification."

In a United States Patent No. 2,310,252, granted to P. C. Moomaw, a sort of step has been adapted on the handle of the tube, between the ear-piece and the microphone, in order to anchor the handset on the shoulder of the telephone user. This device has the drawback that it is difficult to fasten the hand-set, which tends to rotate, as a lever, on this intermediary fulcrum. In the United States Patent No. 2,382,125 to A. J. Balkins, a thickening provided with a recess adapted to ride the shoulder of the user has been added to the handle; but this device presents the same disadvantages we noticed in the first mentioned patent, Moreover, both devices have the drawback of hindering the handling of the hand-set in the ordinary way, owing to the attachments fastened to the handle.

This invention provides a device that is free from the above-mentioned disadvantages. It consists essentially wherein there is placed at the back of the receiving shell and coaxially with it, a. member of such a form as to produce an axial extension of said receiving shell, so as to provide two points of support well spaced apart: one for the ear of the user and the other for his shoulder. In this manner the hand-set is prevented from pivoting on the shoulder, nor does its handle become obstructed; it remains positioned transversally to the receiving shell and its extension piece, and it remains entirely free.

TENT

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference numbers indicate similaror equal parts, I have shown examples of different embodiments of the invention.

Figure 1 shows a telephone hand-set provided with a type of device that we might call fundamental. The extension piece I has a cylindrical shape and it is hollow, with a side aperture; it is mounted on the end of handle 4 that carries the receiving shell.

Figure 2 shows, in section, the device of Figure 1. In both figures the receiver is secured or fastened by a threaded ring 3 that pressesthe edge of the receiver against a threaded flange of piece I. The annular piece 3 may have the cross section shown right below this number, providing a 'step, or else it may show a curved internal surface, as represented at 3'.

A cover 2 of rubber or similar resilient material has been provided, adapted to serve as a cushion against the shoulder.

The device forming the object of this invention may be made of any suitable -in-aterial, whether metallic, or organic, such as plastic.

Having particularly described my invention and the manner in which same may be carried into effect, I now declare that what I claim is:

A device for supporting between theear and shoulder of the user, the hand-set of a telephone, of the type constituted by a handle, at the ends of which are angularly disposed a receiving shell and a transmitting shell, respectively; said device comprising an extension piece arranged on and coaxially with the receiving shell, in such a manner as to increase the effective height of said receiving shell at its rear end; said piece being formed by a hollow cylinder which surrounds the receiving shell and secured to it by a threaded ring provided with a flange screwed to the bottom of the cylinder in a manner to press down the cover of the receiving shell; and having at its other end a resilient cushion.

MICHEL BARNA SZOKE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,602,759 Dyer Oct. 12, 1926 2,243,554 Epstein May 27, 1941 2,310,252 Moomaw Feb. 9, 1943 2,382,125 Balkins Aug. 14, 1945 

